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Title	Scheduled intercity transportation and the U.S. rural population
Record ID	23817
Corporate Creator	Bureau of Transportation Statistics (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Publisher	Bureau of Transportation Statistics (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Publication Date	20030825
Abstract	More than 94 percent of the nearly 82 million rural residents of the United States live within the service area of at least 1 commercial intercity transportation mode (bus, air, or rail).1 Five million rural residents live outside of the service areas of all three intercity modes. Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island are the only states in which every resident lives within the service area of at least one mode. What is a "transportation service area?" A Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) 2003 study defines it as the 25-mile area surrounding a nonhub or small hub airport, an intercity rail station, or an intercity bus terminal. For large or medium hub airports, a 75-mile area was used. The study found: 1)Intercity bus service reaches 91 percent (75 million) of the rural population and is the sole mode for 15 million people; 2)Scheduled airline service reaches 70 percent (58 million) of the rural population and is the only mode for 2 million rural residents; 3)Scheduled intercity passenger rail service reaches 42 percent (35 million) and is the sole mode for more than 300,000 people; 4)Thirty-six (36) percent (30 million) of the rural population live within the service area for all three modes. Includes links to a series of maps showing the locations of intercity transportation facilities across the United States by mode. The maps show the proximity of those facilities to rural areas.
TRT Terms	Intercity transportation ; Rural areas ; Bus transportation ; Air transportation ; Railroad transportation ; Railroad facilities ; Air transportation facilities ; Bus and high occupancy vehicle facilities ; Maps
General Subjects	United States
Classification	NTL - AVIATION - Airports and Facilities; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Rail Transit; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Transit Planning and Policy; AGR - PASSENGERS - PASSENGERS; AGR - PASSENGERS - Aviation/Rural Air Service; AGR - PASSENGERS - Transit; AGR - PASSENGERS - Intercity Bus; AGR - IMPACTS - Mobility; AGR - INFRASTRUCTURE - INFRASTRUCTURE
Geographical Coverage	United States
Resource type	Web Document
URL	http://www.bts.gov/products/scheduled_intercity_transportation_and_the_us_rural_population/
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites